Chapter Twenty-Four: She'll be drowned in the spittle of the world.
Qin Zhining glanced at her with an extremely disdainful and contemptuous look, "I'll just pretend you didn't say anything, I don't mind, and you shouldn't try to argue with me."
You want to kill me? Aunt An, have you come to think you're the mistress of this mansion just because I've been away from the county magistrate's office for so many years? Hmm?
Now, while I'm in a good mood this morning, I'll let it slide. But if you dare to be disrespectful in front of me again, believe me, I'll betray you!
Aunt An was filled with anger and fear, and felt her whole body trembling. She pointed at Qin Zhining, unable to say a word.
Aunt An was not a proper concubine; she had no betrothal documents and was not even registered in the government office.
So, to put it bluntly, her status was no different from that of a high-ranking maid in the mansion. When Qin Zhining said she was going to sell her off, she wasn't just bluffing.
Seeing her mother being humiliated, Qin Zhiyu stepped forward and shoved Qin Zhining, saying, "You ill-mannered thing."
"My mother is at least half your elder, and you—you dare to bully my mother? I'll beat you to death, you bitch!"
Before Qin Zhining could make a move, Qin Xiaoxiao shoved her aside, causing Qin Zhiyu to fall headfirst, hitting her head on the corner of the stove and drawing blood immediately.
"Qin Zhining—" Aunt An was furious when she saw her daughter had been wronged again. She roared and hugged Qin Zhiyu tightly. "Qin Zhining, if anything happens to Ayu, I will make you, you little bitch, pay with your life even if I die."
Qin Zhining didn't reply, but glanced indifferently at the stove. Seeing that there was still chicken soup and chicken in the pot, she went straight up and slapped Aunt An and Qin Zhiyu once each, saying, "You deserve to be beaten for being foul-mouthed."
After beating him up, he picked up two large, rough porcelain bowls, filled them to the brim, grabbed a few steamed buns, and said, "From today onwards, stop doing anything underhanded, or I won't hesitate to chop off your claws and sever your Achilles tendons."
She turned her head and glanced at the basket where Aunt An had hidden the steamed buns. "If I see you hiding any more good food, I'll tear down this stove. If I'm not having a good time, you won't be able to have a good time either."
Oh, by the way, didn't you two want to send me to my doom? Hmm, I think that's a good suggestion.
I'll find a slave trader later. Aunt An, you're still young, you can fetch a good price. Twenty taels of silver shouldn't be a problem. Anyway, your indenture is still on my mother's dowry list.
As for you—Qin Zhiyu, although you're a bit too young, I'm sure you'll find a good buyer if the price is right. If all else fails, marrying you off to a wealthy illegitimate son isn't out of the question either.”
"What?" Aunt An covered her swollen face with one hand and held Qin Zhiyu, who was pretending to be unconscious, with the other. She was furious and shrieked.
"Are you crazy? I...I am your father's legal wife now, how...how dare you be so outrageous?"
Qin Zhining, you little beast! Ayu is your sister, your own sister! How could you... how could you treat her like this?
Qin Zhiyu's head was already bleeding from hitting it, and then she was slapped again. Her face was almost disfigured, and she couldn't hold back anymore. Humiliating tears streamed down her face. "Waaah..."
"You jinx, you bastard, you lunatic! Why didn't we kill you, you unruly brat, at our ancestral home?"
"Oh, are you going to lecture me on the rules again?" Seeing Aunt An and Qin Zhiyu's disheveled appearance, Qin Zhining felt relieved and gestured for Qin Xiaoxiao to quickly drink the soup and eat the steamed buns.
"When I was being bullied in my ancestral home, you two were causing trouble in this mansion. Why didn't you teach me the rules?"
A concubine and a concubine's daughter have repeatedly tried to lecture me on etiquette. Do you think you're worthy? Don't you think people will laugh their heads off?
It's still that old man Qin's face. He's used to living off women, and his face is thicker than a city wall. He can withstand other people's ridicule.
However, Aunt An, if you want to live a peaceful life, I am not heartless.
As long as you put your heart into me and stop doing all that nonsense and crooked things, I won't interfere with what kind of life you and Master Qin want to live.
So, you'd better bring me that five hundred taels of silver tonight. And hurry up and get me two clean sets of clothes to change into.
Furthermore, when I return this evening, I must see Granny Cheng and Qiu Xiang's family. Aunt An, you know why I specifically requested these two."
As she walked out, she said, "Well, I want to solemnly tell you this: if I don't see them when I come back tonight, Qin Zhiyu can forget about marrying into the He family as she wishes."
"Oh, if I can't see them, I'll take that box of account books you hid to the county magistrate. Let's see if your backbone is tougher than the magistrate's rod."
The fact that Qin Youming secretly kept the county government's account books was something the original owner accidentally stumbled upon when he was five years old, before his mother passed away.
This child is precocious and has an exceptional memory; she remembered the head-losing act her father and Aunt An had committed.
As the county magistrate's subordinate, what are you planning to do with your superior's account books? Are you trying to rebel against your boss? Isn't this just asking for trouble?
Aunt An turned pale with fright, watching helplessly as Qin Zhining swaggered out with her mute maid, her heart pounding.
This brat really can't be kept around.
“Ayu, you…you can pretend you didn’t hear anything, okay?”
If word gets out about the account books, your father will lose his official job, and then the He family will break off the engagement. You'll be the one who suffers, understand?
Qin Zhiyu was most afraid of losing her marriage, so she quickly nodded upon hearing this.
However, what she was thinking was that when she saw Brother He again, she would make him find a way to kill that little bitch Qin Zhining.
After Qin Zhining and Qin Xiaoxiao finished eating, they returned to the woodshed. Not long after, Aunt An sent someone to bring them a change of clothes.
Of course, there were also the silver notes for five hundred taels of silver.
Her clothes consisted of a pale yellow dress and a lake blue ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress). They weren't new, but no one had worn them before; they were Qin Zhiyu's old clothes that she had kept hidden away.
Qin Zhining liked the pale yellow outfit, so she quickly changed into it.
Qin Xiaoxiao happened to like lake blue, so she didn't stand on ceremony.
After the two changed their clothes, Qin Zhining carefully examined the authenticity of the silver note. Seeing that it was not fake, she took Xiaoxiao to the kitchen and took all the steamed buns, throwing them into interstellar space. Only then did she leave the county magistrate's mansion and head straight for the Nantou morning market without stopping.
Qin Zhining decided last night not to hide the existence of interstellar space from Qin Xiaoxiao.
"Mother, those two little sluts have gone out."
Qin Zhiyu, with a white bandage wrapped around her head, had already had a doctor apply medicine to stop the bleeding. Upon hearing Chun Tao's report, she gritted her teeth and said to Aunt An.
Aunt An waved her hand at Granny Liu, "Quickly arrange for reliable people with good skills to let these two sluts taste what it's like to lose their innocence."
Once her virginity is lost, even the most noble legitimate daughter is worthless; the scorn of the world will drown her. Hmph, you little slut, killing you is as easy as killing an ant for me.
Thinking of Qin Zhining's tragic loss of innocence, a fierce look flashed across Aunt An's face.
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